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Farm Kitchen:  Why is it called....  |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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 Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 6:56:04 PM
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Well, why do we drive on a parkway and park in a drive way? There is probley a good reason for calling it canning, just not much help, lol Take care
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 7:07:42 PM
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Back in the day didn't they really use tin cans to "can"? Maybe that's why. But I really don't know.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Sheep Mom 2
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Elk
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 7:21:22 PM
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In the farming community my dad grew up in they actually brought in a canner that you canned everything in tin cans. They even canned their meat. That's where the numbered cans came from (or so I've been told). I know the local Mormon church still brings one in once a year for canning grains and such for long term storage.
Blessings, Sheri
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 7:39:46 PM
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Carol, thats a good one
It went from jars, and it was called putting it up or putting up the food, then to tin can, i.e., canning, then back to jars, and the name canning stuck
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
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texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 8:01:08 PM
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| I never really gave it much thought. Nice to know how it came to be. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 9:42:16 PM
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Alot of people here say "bottling" instead of canning. I grew up saying canning, so I still do..but bottling makes more sense I guess.haha.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Joyce
Alberta
Canada
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Posted - Jul 27 2009 : 9:48:55 PM
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I've been wondering about this since I was a child. My Grandma used to do quite a lot of canning. I distinctly remember thinking that it wasn't really a can she was using, but a glass jar. I never mentioned my thoughts...but I sure did have them.
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 05:59:56 AM
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My mind does weird things when I'm tired and this post was OBVIOUSLY one of them!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
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JudyBlueEyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Spokane
Washington
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 08:58:33 AM
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I have heard some folk refer to canning as "jarring" - so they are trying to be accurate, anyhow.
We come from the earth, we go back to the earth, and in between, we garden! |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
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Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 5:24:14 PM
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i cant say i ever gave it all that much thought, but its good to know!
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
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Lynner
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Sheri
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 05:35:27 AM
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This thread has brought a smile to my face. It is always so interesting, the input. I never gave it a thought. My Grandmother canned forever, and then I started. But I did have a relative ask me if I had a canning machine? I thought that was quite strange, and had to educate her. We call them canners. But now that I think about it, that makes about as much sense as why do we call canning in jars canning? What an interesting subject, and kind of fun. I have to say, though, canning in jars has brought many many wonderful meals to our table.
Sheri
Many Hands Make Light Work!
...God made the seed to grow...1 Cor 3:6
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 06:20:27 AM
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because I think originally it was in cans. I know my hubbs grandmother canned in cans also, she had all the equipment to do it.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 12:47:57 PM
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I still can't figure out why my brother named Robert is called Bob. My brother James is called Jim. My brother John is called Jack, my name is Diane and they call me Diane.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 1:09:46 PM
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lol
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 05:28:57 AM
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LMAO!
Diane... that was great! My first belly laugh of the morning! Well, my name is Dawn and they call me Missie in my family.....weird.....
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 06:46:11 AM
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My aunt Betty is really Elizabeth, My friend Elizabeth is called Lizzy. My aunt K is really Kathleen, and my friend Kathy is called Mary which isn't even her middle name.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 07:11:09 AM
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Diane, you are too funny!!!!!
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
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DyaLynn53
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Dianne
Roseburg
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 11:39:28 AM
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What fun! Dawn, you're a deep thinker; I like that. Funny how often we don't really think about the origin of little things like that. My grandmothers and my mom said they were going to "put up" whatever fruit or vegetable but also talked about canning. I'm about to do a bit of that myself; pickles and green beans right now. I remember as a little girl sitting down with my mom and sometimes her mom was there too and we'd have a big tub of green beans between us and we would snap off the ends toss them into one pan, snap the beans in two toss them into the wash pan. They rarely got mixed up and they were really fast. I however often had to stop and take the ends I'd snapped off out of the bean pan and put them in the ends pan which was then fed to cows or pigs. Fun memories!
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. |
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DyaLynn53
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dianne
Roseburg
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 11:42:43 AM
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Oh, yeah, my name is Dianne but when I was little my mom and my older sister often called me "Suzy Q;" to this day no one remembers why, and now they call me Dianne.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. |
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